The Australian Medical Association says health funding in the WA state budget is a cut in real terms and calls for greater help to combat mental illness in what they say is becoming the "suicide state"....

Aboriginal people will be consulted on changes to service delivery in remote communities, the WA Government says, under plans it expects to result in the closure of less viable settlements but better health, education and job opportunities....

Western Australia's peak workplace health and safety body has defended its decision to close its Karratha office, in the state's north-west, saying it has been able to operate successfully from other locations....